Transport and display container for small objects on supporting cards



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United States Patent 3,471,006 TRANSPORT AND DISPLAY CONTAINER FOR SMALLOBJECTS ON SUPPORTING CARDS Jonas Tempelliof, 114 Avenue Leopold Robert,La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Filed Nov. 29, 1966, Ser. No. 597,604Claims priority, application Switzerland, Dec. 14, 1965, 17,189/ 65 Int.Cl. B65d 75/58 US. Cl. 206-4412 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Theobject of this invention concerns a transport and display package, inparticular for small objects supported by printed cards, a window being'cut in such package to render visible one of the printed portions ofthe supporting cards.

The object of this invention is to create a package serving as the usualmeans of transport for one or more identical presentations, so thatthese may easily be transported in larger recipients. In addition, afterthe removal of a portion of one of its sides, it may also serve as adisplay package,'so that the small objects may be offered for sale, forinstance, on a counter. Furthermore, as a cartridge package, itenablesthe supporting cards to be suspended, together and at the same time, onhooks or nails, without requiring any special handling of any of thesupporting cards when it is removed from the package.

The object of the invention is characterized by the fact that thepackage has a square bottom, two triangular sides situated opposite toeach other, two rectangular sides rising from the bottom in the shape ofa wedge, a window cut in one of the rectangular sides, and onerectangular side provided with a window detachable along perforatedlines, with the exception of the portion adjacent to the bottom.

An example of an embodiment of this invention is represented by adrawing comprising:

FIG. 1 which is a view of the front portion of the closed package;

FIG. 2 which is a view of the rear portion of the package according toFIG. 1;

FIG. 3 which is a view of the side of the package according to FIG. 1,with one side cut away to show the contents of the presentation;

FIG. 4 which is a view, in perspective, of the closed package, withoutcontents, and lastly FIG. 5 which is a view, from above, of the cutoutblank for the manufacture of the package according to FIGS.

The package shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 serves as a container for the printedcards 10 or other small fixed objects 11, for example clothingaccessories such as buckles for petersham and trousers, etc. Each cardbears the trademark, the order number, data concerning the size and useof the objects, etc., and is provided with a longitudinal hole 10aenabling it to be suspended, for example, on a hook. When ten such cardsare aligned behind one another and are fitted with small objects attheir lower end, this portion logically requires more space than theupper 3,471,006 Patented Oct. 7, 1969 portion. This package allows forsuch variable space requirements.

The package has a square bottom 1 and four sides 2, 3, 4 and 5. Twosides, that is the front 2 and the back 3 are rectangular-shaped andrise from the bottom in the form of a wedge, so that their upper edgesmeet. The two other sides 4 and 5 each form a right-angled triangle, ofwhich the shorter side of the right angle is adjacent to the bottom 1and the longer side of the right angle is adjacent to the back 3, whilethe hypotenuse is adjacent to the front 2.

Through a window 8 in its upper portion, the front 2 shows part of theprinting on the cards 10. In the lower portion of the front 2 is anotherwindow 9, limited on one side by a semicircular cutout line 13 and onthe other side by another partly semicircular cutout line 12.

In its upper side 6, the back 3 has a V-shaped notch 14, which is anessential feature.

The package is formed from a cutout cardboard blank according to FIG. 5.In this figure, the sides and the lines of separation are shown by heavytracing, while the folding lines and the perforated lines are shown bylight tracing. Between the front 2 and the two triangular sides 4 and 5,there are folding lines 15 and 16, and perforated lines 17 and 18. Alongthe sides of the window 8, the perforated lines 17 and 18 are replacedby cutout lines 17a and 18a. Side 4 is joined, about the folding line19', to the back 3, which is joined about a folding line 20 to atriangular fiap 21.

The bottom 1 is joined to side 4 by a folding lne 22. The bottom 1 isjoined, about a folding line 23, to a closing flap 24. In addition, abottom flap 26 is joined to the lower end of the back 3 via a foldingline 25; similarly, a bottom flap 28 is joined to the lower end of thefront 2 via a folding line 27. Flap 36, which is provided with a notch37, is joined to the front 2 via a double folding line 7. Between thebottom 1 and bottom flap 26, there is a line of separation 29.Perpendicular to the folding line 25, which joins the back 3 to bottomflap 26, two out lines 30 and two cut lines 31 are also arrangedsymmetrically in relation to the median line. Further, in the upper partof the back 3, across each of the folding lines 19 and 20, there is ashort double out line 32. Flap 36 prevents the contents from escapingthrough the opening at the top of the package; it might however besuppressed in order to facilitate the use of the presentation as acartridge package.

The manner in which the package is cut out enables sides 5, 2, 4 and 3,as well as fiap 21, to be folded back along folding lines 17, 18, 19 and20 and to form a container as illustrated in FIG. 9, so that flap 21covers side 5 and flap 36 lies against the inside of the back 3. The

flaps may be joined to the sides by means of glue, for example. Thecards 10 which are to be packed and which carry the objects 11 are theninserted through the open bottom, after which the two bottom flaps 26and 28 are folded back towards the inside, along the folding lines 25and 27. The bottom 1 is folded back along the folding line 22, and then,in one movement, the insertion flap 24 is folded back at right anglesalong the folding line 23 and pushed under side 5, to which it may beglued. This completes the process of making up the package.

The package can be used as follows:

(a) As a transport package: Two packages complement each otheradequately and form a rectangular parallelepiped body when simply placedtogether front to front, so that several such pairs can be packed in areceptacle.

(b) As a display package for sales purposes: To this effect, one insertsa finger into window 9. Then the flap of the upper portion of the front2 is grasped at the semicircular projection defined by the cutout line12, tom away along the perforated lines 17 and 18 and removed.

Resting 'on its bottom 1, the package can be displayed on a counter,each of its cards being clearly visible and removable.

(c) As a cartridge package enabling the cards 10 to be hung together ona nail or hook: To effectuate this object, one inserts a finger intowindow 8 and tears away the portion of the front 2 situated above thewindow, along the perforated lines 17 and 18. The entire package is thendirected towards the hook or nail so that the latter passes through theV-shaped notch 14 and, at the same time, through all the longitudinalholes 10a in the cards so that it projects through the hole 10a of thefront card 10. Then the package is manually pulled downwards, with thecards 10a left handing on the nail or hook, without tearing downwardlyalong the perforated lines 17 and 18; tearing along these lines 17 and18 then follows automatically because the broader bottoms of the stackedcards 10 must pass through the formed opening in the front 2.

Cut lines 30, or 31, together with folding lines 33 or 34, make itpossible, when the package has been completed, to fold one larger stopor two smaller stops. In FIGS. 3 and 4, the median stop, which is alsothe larger, is indicated by the figure at 35. These stops serve to takeup the differences in thickness of the articles packed. Thus one and thesame package can be adapted to objects of variable thickness, thedifference being taken up by stop or by the neighboring stops, whichwedge inside the package the cards 10 bearing the objects 11.

The double cut lines 32 which cross folding lines 19 and 20 enable smallcorners to be folded when the package has been completed; thus smallnotches are formed in the two longitudinal edges at the back of thepackage (see FIG. 4). In these notches, it is possible to insert anelastic band, which will surround the package and, if the front has beenremoved, will consolidate the cards 10 in the presentation.

The package described above can be manufactured from cardboard thehomogeneous mass of which is uniformly colored.

What I claim is:

1. A transport and display container for small objects mounted on aplurality of card carriers or the like, said container being formed froma single foldable blank cardboard material suitably cut and scored toprovide a plurality of wall portions, comprising an elongatedrectangularly shaped front wall portion having at least one windowthrough which at least a portion of the front card carrier of saidplurality of card carriers is visible, a pair of side wall portionsextending from opposite longer sides of said rectangularly shaped frontwall portion, said side wall portions having the shape of right-angledtriangles, the hypotenuses of which form the dividing lines between saidfront and side wall portions, an elongated rectangularly shaped backwall portion extending from one of said pair of side wall portions, anda square-shaped bottom wall portion extending from one of the shortersides of said rectangularly shaped back Wall portion, said front wallportion having a pair of parallel tear lines parallel to the longersides of said rectangularly shaped front wall portion, the lower ends ofsaid pair of tear lines being spaced from the lower short side of saidrectangularly shaped front wall portion.

2. A container as set forth in claim 1 wherein said back wall portion isdisposed opposite to said window in said front wall portion and. has aV-shaped notch at its end remote from the bottom of said container whenfolded.

3. A container as set forth in claim 1, wherein in said back wallportion and in the adjoining bottom wall portion there are provided atleast two parallel cutting lines which are perpendicular to the foldingline separating the bottom and back wall portions for the purpose ofobtaining by folding in a portion of said bottom wall portion and saidback wall portion at least one projection extending into the inside ofsaid container.

4. A container as set forth in claim 1, wherein there is providedanotheropening. said front wall portion between the bottom of saidcontainer when folded and said window and wherein the upper boundaryedge of said opening represents the lower boundary edge of the removableportion of this front wall and said pair of tear lines.

5. A container as set forth in claim 1, wherein said container iscomprised of a single blank in which one (5) of the triangular sidewalls is joined via a folding line (15) and, respectively, via aperforated line (17) to the front side wall (2), the latter side wall isjoined via a folding line (16) and, respectively, via a perforated line(18) to the second triangular side wall (4), the latter side wall isconnected via a folding line (19) to the rear side wall (3), and atriangular flap (21) extends adjacent to the latter side wall via afolding line (20), a bottom flap (28) is connected to the front Sidewall (2) via a folding line (27) and a second bottom flap (26) isconnected to the rear side wall (3) via a folding line (25), and whereinvia a folding line (22) said bottom (1) is connected to the side wall(4) located between the front wall (2) and the rear wall (3) and aclosing flap (24) is connected I to said bottom (1) via a folding line(23).

6. A container as set forth in claim 1, wherein a closure flap extendsfrom said front wall portion via at least a single folding line and isfolded over said back wall portion when the container is folded.

7. The transport and display container as set forth in claim 1, whereinportions of saidpair of tear lines are located opposite to said windowand are formed as cutting lines.

8. A container as set forth in claim 1 wherein said pair, of side wallportions have two unequal sides adjacent to the side forming thehypotenuse, the shorter one of said two unequal sides is adjacent to thebottom of said container when folded.

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MARTHA L. RICE, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R.

